Bilirakis, Stearns join the 'Tea Party Caucus'

The congressional Tea Party Caucus was announced today and two Florida lawmakers are among the group: Reps. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, and Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala. The caucus is led by Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.

"We
are not the mouthpiece of the tea party. We are not taking the tea
party and controlling it from Washington, D.C.," Bachmann said at a
news conference following the meeting. But she said it would be a
"receptacle" for tea party activists' views and opinions.